Topic: Columbia Spotted Frog

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Upper Snake River Tribes

Avoid new water diversions if habitat would be affected.

Ecosystems Water
Upper Snake River Tribes

Leave springs (frog hibernation areas) undeveloped, including the outflow streams (which serve as movement corridors).

Ecosystems Water
Upper Snake River Tribes

Protect beavers from trapping; reintroduce beavers in areas where a need for dam-building activities of beavers has been identified; beaver-induced...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Identify, restore and/or enhance, and manage areas of historic unoccupied and potential Columbia spotted frog habitat within the presumed historic...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Determine the distribution of breeding populations of Columbia Spotted Frog.

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Identify and protect critical terrestrial habitats (e.g., movement zones, and seasonally wet areas that are not identified as “wetlands”) as...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Protect permanent ponds and river and stream habitat within at least 500 m of breeding ponds.

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Maintain natural vegetation buffer zones around ponds; for example, 160 m from the edge of wetlands and 30-100 m along...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides should not be applied within 100m of water bodies and wetlands until lethal and sublethal impacts...

Ecosystems
Upper Snake River Tribes

Develop a Columbia spotted frog Species Management Plan.

Ecosystems People
Upper Snake River Tribes

Remove livestock from known hibernation sites.

Ecosystems Food
Upper Snake River Tribes

Conduct annual workload analysis to determine the budgetary and biological staffing needs to accomplish conservation actions identified in the implementation...

Ecosystems People